Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And those mines , ’ he gazed across at the fells but , true to his wits , in the wrong direction , ‘ they open them up every six or seven years , they take what they want and then they close them down . |
| 2 | He gazed longingly at the sandwiches , Gentleman 's Relish , but he did not take one — neither did Aunt Tossie eat her scone . |
| 3 | Directly he was in , he jerked impatiently at the reins , called to the horse , and they were off ! |
| 4 | He stirred uneasily at the suspicions the steward had provoked . |
| 5 | Artai could not have declared any public intent to marry Jehana , Alexei realised , or it would have been the talk of Kinsai. probably there were rumours — nothing was ever entirely a secret at court — and he glanced again at the women who clustered at the other end of the pool . |
| 6 | He waved vaguely at the limits of the German advance . |
| 7 | To Lord Liverpool he hinted subsequently at the difficulties in ‘ serving the ends of Government in such a situation of delicacy with limited Legal powers ’ . |
| 8 | " Eyes front ! " he screamed suddenly at the men before us. " 'eft 'ight , 'eft 'ight ! " |
| 9 | The door opened as she was counting her change and he looked suspiciously at the coins in her palm . |
| 10 | He looked carefully at the sticks of uneven length and thickness that Philip had fixed together , too loosely . |
| 11 | He looked across the fire at Lennie 's anguished face , and then he looked ashamedly at the flames . |
| 12 | He looked covertly at the members to his left and right : they gave not a flicker of recognition . |
| 13 | He looked helplessly at the wires and intricate bits of metal in front of them . |
| 14 | He looked intently at the pictures conjured up before him . |
| 15 | He looked slyly at the others , ‘ How could we ? ’ |
| 16 | He looked lovingly at the paint-brushes . |
| 17 | He looked lovingly at the paints and brushes and swallowed a pain that had risen at the back of his throat . |
| 18 | He stared squarely at the Agentes . |
| 19 | He tugged uselessly at the ropes , but could not free himself . |
| 20 | And then he was there , singing , his dark hair falling over his face as he plucked passionately at the strings of the guitar . |
| 21 | But he gripped hard at the arms of his chair and forced himself to attend . |